I'd like to learn your opinion on one question.
what do you think about e-books? I've found some sites where visitors can read books online and don't need to download them in internet. Are paper-books leaving in the past?
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I'd like to learn your opinion on one question.
what do you think about e-books? I've found some sites where visitors can read books online and don't need to download them in internet. Are paper-books leaving in the past?
Personally, I prefer paper books.
I think sitting at my computer reading reams of webpages is so monotonous...
I'd much rather sit comfortabley with a nice hardback/paperback.
Can't read E-books.Quote:
Originally Posted by alexM
Being a programmer it does not suit me at all !!
The smell of a new book is one of my favorite things. I love the act of turning the pages. I'm a bookstore and library fiend. Long live paper books!!
I recently received a Sony Ebook Reader. It's a little pricey but pretty cool. The screen resembles paper, it's can hold pictures, mp3's, .pdf, .txt., .doc, etc. The best thing about it is that it can store over 1,000 books (i bought the 4 gig memory card). With all the public domain literature online, i'll probably end up saving money.
Now.. if you asked me which i prefer, Book vs. Ebook Reader... i'd probably still go with book.. there's something unique.. or maybe traditional about holding a book in your hand and flipping the page.
It's like Cork vs. Screw Top on a wine bottle lol =)
There are books which I'd prefer as e-books, like encyclopaedias or dictionaries - especially if it would be possible to update it for free...
But in most cases, I prefer paper books.
It's more personal, more intimate. I can carry it with me anywhere, to the mountains or to sea and the only energy I have to care about is my own. I can immediately draw smilies and write comments, underline and highligt...
Besides, I like different covers and font styles of books, I wouldn't like it if all of them were the same. Especially cover is quite important for me, a kind of art as well...
And I love the smell of the book - the fresh smell of the new book and the dusty smell of book from the second-hand bookstore (I mean the bookstores with really old books, e.g. from the beginning of the 20th century or even older).
E-books are handy for a short read, but it isn't easy or comfortable to curl up with and e-book.
I love paper books more, but sometimes I 'have' to download ebooks or read online, cuz I can't find certain books, or they're too expensive to buy. But if I have to choose, I'd def. go with paper books. They NEVER get old if you ask me.
I love books and I love buying and collecting books but I prefer reading on my iRex iLiad, the Daddy of all ereaders. Within some months I have collected over 900 classics for free. It is easier on the eye as you can control the font size and the reading experience is more comfortable and engaging. I try not to read on my laptop screen because of the glare. Pocket Pcs are good for reading, specially with Mobipocket Reader for PPC. A cheap PPC like Casio's Cassiopeia can get you access to thousands of classics.:
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Paper edition,definitely.I just love the feel of a book in my hands,not to mention that it's more practical.
There's nothing like a paper book, in my opinion. I love sorting them out, writing the dates, the name, and so on. Still, there have been certain occassions when I have searched practically EVERYWHERE, being unable to find THAT book. In those cases, e-books were trully useful to me, but only in four- fives times. I believe that nothing will ever substitute paper books.
I agree with your arguments, and I think paper books won't die. But if a book is expansive or it isn't easy to find its I prefer to read online. It saves my time and money.
I almost exclusively read real books. If I ever get enough money, I would love to buy one of those e-book readers (iLiad, Kindle, etc.).
I agree that in certain situations the e-book is very handy, but I much prefer a regular paper book. I get a cramp in my neck if I am sitting in front of the computer too long, anyway. So, imagine what would happen if I chose to actually sit down and read a book on the computer!! :(
Paper for me all the way. : )
Thanks a lot. I'm glad to know that the paper books are popular. I deside to read a book in a comfartable chair.
Yes, in front of the fireplace, or sitting by the window, listening to the rain outside...We cannot do that with e-books...
paper books
Sure you can. You just have to shell out $300+ on one of those new ebook readers (iLiad, Kindle, etc.). ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by amalia1985
Thought I'd chime in as well, I've been the owner of a cybook ereader for 3 months now and can't really say which I prefer.
I still read both and it entirely depends on the book, where I read etc. , for reading in bed on your side the ereader is better (no clumsy turning of pages and cramps in your arms etc.) For reading on the beach, digital is probably not such a great idea. Having said that,the added benefit of having a digital oxford dictionary without carrying the weight also counts.
So , in my opinion it's not really the one or the other, both are great.
Paper books, no way I will ever read e-books. Once I printed 200 pages instead of watching in screen for hours.
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Originally Posted by Dori
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As far as eInk is concerned, seeing is believing. I can't wait till summer, this summer will be the summer of reading in garden. No need to carry loads of books on my holidays either. I stopped doing that a couple of years earlier when I started reading on my Pocket PC. I would rather carry a thousand books on my ereader than drag a few paperback around. It is like the Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (I think it was Haroun ul Raschid), he never traveled without his whole library. But he needed hundreds of camels and an army of librarians to make possible that instant access to knowledge, anywhere any time. My iLiad sorts the books and I can search any title out of my hundreds of books within seconds. Each to his own. These readers are well over-priced but that's what happens with emerging technologies. My 4 GB iPod cost me Ł280 in 2001. Now you can buy the top of the range machine for that money. Epaper is expensive but within some years its price will come down and many would change their mind about it like they did about the iPod.
I prefer paper books. The feel, the smell... physically turning the pages as you read. That said, I do see the practicality of having one of these e-book readers. It would save me lugging a bag full of books on holiday with me when I can't decide on just one to read. I'd still much prefer a traditional book though, given the choice.
I'm not a fan at all of reading e-books online. My eyes just can't stand the strain of looking at the screen for so long and so I tend not to bother. It's nice to be able to go along to the park or to curl up in bed with a book rather than being chained to the computer. Although, they're incredibly useful when I'm unable to find what I want in my local library, or want to re-read a certain section without having to buy/borrow the book again. I've read a couple of short stories on the internet, e.g. Animal Farm a chapter at a time inbetween waiting for my stubborn computer to load up fully, which has saved me from having to go and dig them out/find them. So they're useful to me in that respect.
I think the growing accessibility of books as new gadgets come onto the market is a great thing. I think the traditional paper printed books will always be most people's preferred choice, but the ability to store scores of texts onto a palm-sized device has a lot of practical benefits that might encourage more people to read. I'll probably buy an e-reader in the distant future when they're dirt cheap, but nothing will really beat having the real thing in my hands.
well when someone gets a leather bound book that contains maybe 10 pages that i can turn thru then start over as i read from a memory card of say 1,000 titles ... that would be cool
so, mimic the experience of paper but with a vast access to titles and content.. that will be cool and a product!
I hate reading ebooks, except for learning tools. But for fiction/non-fiction/etc I have to have a physical book in my hand.
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Ya'll should know that reading paper books is written into the Law of the Universe already...it's just natural, like gravity. But if I can get my elderly mother one of those Sony things and a million books, she'll be the happiest person in the world. And I'm working on downloading my first eBook on my new Blackberry phone, for reading when I'm stuck someplace with nothing to do. :yawnb:
What I don't like is the new rubber binding on paperbacks, that doesn't let the page lay flat in your hands. I just don't have enough muscle any more to keep those pages from closing all the time. It's just plain awful.
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I have an Amazon Kindle and I love it! Now I can carry a library of hundreds of books around with me everywhere I go. I used to spend way too much money on books, but now I download most of my books for free, or at least well below the cost of the paper copy. The only thing that I hate about the Kindle is the lack of page numbers..."location numbers" aren't the same as good ol' page numbers!
Paper. I started to read Crime and Punishment. I got a headache :D.
Paper books . . . I get a headache if I read too much from the screen. Damn, I hope those ebook reader things won't put paper books out of business eventually.
I prefer paper book. To be reading from the screen of my monitor will end bothering my eyes after a while. And I can't print them that would be thousands of pages that mean lots of money in black ink!
If I can't find a paper book, but can find it as an ebook I'll print it out to read, but no way in hell will I read it on the screen!
Paper books feel bulky and cumbersme. I love reading on my iLiad. The convenience is unbelievable:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxUnY...eature=related
I can't see what the appeal is myself. One of the best thing about books is the books themselves. The smell, the way they feel, the fact you can flick to any page you want without fannying around with a menu and a pen, the fact you can read them at the beach without worrying about the sand, the fact you can read them in the bath, the fact you can have more than one book open at once... I can't think of any way in which an e-book is superior to a paper book, other than in terms of storage
you don't need batteries to read normal books either
I prefer paper books, feeling the paper, the smell of the book, even reading the book while i lie down in the bed, but with ebook on computer it is not possible, it is good for short texts.
I like paper books for fiction- however e-books would be okay for non-fiction as you can skim more easily. the point of books is to show that there is a world away from computers and tv- it's like mcdonalds making their salads.
it would give me a headache reading off a screen and also paper books can withstand a little wear and tear- if you wore and tore your pocket computer thingy, it wouldn't like that much
Definitely paper books. E-books are too much of a strain on the eyes and paper books come in more handy.
and by contrast, i like the smell of an old book....smiles....Quote:
Originally Posted by bouquin
Heh, I don't need to talk about smells to justify my reading a real book. Seriously, the smell is the least important thing. The most important thing is the margins, and the fact that you can write all over them in different colors, highlight certain passages, and make edits, change words, etc. You don't get that feel with an e-book, even if you get the expensive one that lets you write on the screen with the plastic pointer.
Really when it comes down to it, I have two types of reading,
my casual reading,
and my serious reading.
Casual reading involves looking at a text once, and flipping through it. Usually bulky novels go in here, especially if they are not major novels.
Group 2 is reading with a pencil in hand, and usually involves a lot of supplementary reading to go with the text in the form of criticism, and historical backgrounding.
For group 1, I see no problem with using an e-book, though I am not about to buy one now, seeing as all of the books in that category come from the library. With group B though, no one would I be caught dead with an E-Reader. Not only is it more difficult to read, being that I can't lean on the book, but it also doesn't allow the convenient feature of the pencil, and the highlighter.
You mean you want to do all this:Quote:
Originally Posted by JBI
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